Moms Demand Action, meet your UK Counterpart, Mothers Against Knives
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Melons after being sliced with swords |
The campaign was started in 2003 after the tragic death of Robert Dunne, Barbara,s son who was stabbed in the back with a samuria sword and bled to death in the street, Barbara tirelessly campaigned and then joined forces with councilor Joan McTigue, and the mothers against knives campaign was founded.
Source: http://mothersagainstknives.tripod.com/
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And these aren’t classed as weapons… |
Indeed, because Ninjas Kill People and if we don’t take away their samurai swords, they will Kill Bill.
The good news is you don’t have to be a mad mother to be afraid of inanimate objects, now we have doctors doing medical studies, even interviewing chefs to save us from those pesky assault-knives.
And they’re not using melons!
Doctors’ kitchen knives ban call
Doctors say knives are too pointedA&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing.
A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase – and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings.
They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.
The research is published in the British Medical Journal.
The researchers said there was no reason for long pointed knives to be publicly available at all.
They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.
None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed.
The researchers said a short pointed knife may cause a substantial superficial wound if used in an assault – but is unlikely to penetrate to inner organs.
Kitchen knives can inflict appalling woundsIn contrast, a pointed long blade pierces the body like “cutting into a ripe melon”.
The use of knives is particularly worrying amongst adolescents, say the researchers, reporting that 24% of 16-year-olds have been shown to carry weapons, primarily knives.
The study found links between easy access to domestic knives and violent assault are long established.
French laws in the 17th century decreed that the tips of table and street knives be ground smooth.
A century later, forks and blunt-ended table knives were introduced in the UK in an effort to reduce injuries during arguments in public eating houses.
The researchers say legislation to ban the sale of long pointed knives would be a key step in the fight against violent crime.
“The Home Office is looking for ways to reduce knife crime.
“We suggest that banning the sale of long pointed knives is a sensible and practical measure that would have this effect.”
Government response
Home Office spokesperson said there were already extensive restrictions in place to control the sale and possession of knives.
“The law already prohibits the possession of offensive weapons in a public place, and the possession of knives in public without good reason or lawful authority, with the exception of a folding pocket knife with a blade not exceeding three inches.
“Offensive weapons are defined as any weapon designed or adapted to cause injury, or intended by the person possessing them to do so.
“An individual has to demonstrate that he had good reason to possess a knife, for example for fishing, other sporting purposes or as part of his profession (e.g. a chef) in a public place.
“The manufacture, sale and importation of 17 bladed, pointed and other offensive weapons have been banned, in addition to flick knives and gravity knives.”
A spokesperson for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: “ACPO supports any move to reduce the number of knife related incidents, however, it is important to consider the practicalities of enforcing such changes.”
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm
Guns, knives, I’m surprised they’re not banning people yet.
As Guns.com puts it in their delicious satire,
Why we need a federal knife registry
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“One’s civil liberties, one’s right to self-defense and one’s Constitutional right to keep and bear arms (including knives) are not nearly as important as the government’s interest in keeping you safe — not only from heartless marauders, stone-cold killers, serial rapists and other evildoers, but from yourself. After all, knives are sharp and dangerous. And that one life that may be saved by sacrificing all these so-called “essential liberties” and “fundamental rights” may be your own.”
Future organizational names for Mad Mothers:
Mothers Against Shadows (criminals hide in them)
Mothers Against Bats
Mothers Against Tire Irons
Mothers Against Golf Clubs
Mothers Against Candlesticks
Mothers Against Mothers (sometimes mothers kill, and they must be banned)
Mothers Against Slender Man
Mothers Against Dungeons & Dragons
Mothers Against Grand Theft Auto
Mothers Against Electric Blankets
Can you think of any more?
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